J. I. Packer Quotes
We complain today that ministers do not know how to preach; but is it not equally true that our congregations do not know how to hear?
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Throughout my Enterprise career, I have been primarily operationally focused.
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Journalist: a person without any ideas but with an ability to express them; a writer whose skill is improved by a deadline: the more time he has, the worse he writes.
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People more than ever since I can remember are concerned about being out of step and out of line with their political party and won't cross over. There is nobody, man or woman, who wants to be left out, and people are fearful of that. People are fearful of their leadership as well.
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I do not deal with threats and ultimatums.
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I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough.
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I doubt there's any government in the world that guides itself primarily by strategy or conceptual documents or worldview. Anybody who has the reins of power has to look at practical limitations and tradeoffs - the fact that you can focus at most on one or two things at a time, that resources are limited.
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It's interesting because I think class is a heavy, heavy part of 'Moonlight,' and I think, in a certain way, through the sum of all these parts, it's become a commentary on the black experience in America.
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The child is pronounced pretty. I think it quite otherwise.
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Some children are tackling tough times without the support that can help them because the adults in their life are scared to ask.
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Newark might be one of few the places where the politics is tougher than even Brooklyn.
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I truly loved Jason Reitman. I was there on his first film, 'Thank You For Smoking,' and I'd go work with him to do anything.
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I applaud anything that can take a kid away from a PlayStation or a Gameboy. That is a miracle in itself.
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It is typical of women to fester and ferment over disappointments, slights, annoyances, angers, etc.
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Most superhero characters we see these days are from foreign countries. I would like to play a superhero that shows off Korean power.
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The vegetable life does not content itself with casting from the flower or the tree a single seed, but it fills the air and earth with a prodigality of seeds, that, if thousands perish, thousands may plant themselves, that hundreds may come up, that tens may live to maturity; that, at least one may replace the parent.
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I ride my bike for transportation a great deal - occasionally I ride it for fun. But I also have a generator bike that's hooked up to my solar battery pack, so if I ride 15 minutes hard on my bike, that's enough energy to toast toast, or power my computer.
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I'm never running for office. I love being able to speak to members of Congress or members of the Senate and floating on either side, because it takes all of us. It's going to take both of them.
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In order for me to be successful... In order to be a great artist - musician, actor, painter, whatever - you must be able to be private in public at all times. That is what we do.
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I was really, because I thought it was extremely excruciating when I watched a tape of it, that my husband taped for me and I never watched it again after that.
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Well, I hear that Laurel Canyon is full of famous stars,But I hate them worse than lepers and I'll kill them in their cars.
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It was a lot of hard work, but everyone loved my Amy Childs' Collection, so I decided to have a boutique as well as my salon. I love designing my own dresses, and everyone is loving the collection. I can't believe how well the boutique and the clothing online is going.
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I believe that reforms will not really take hold if they do not gradually come into the culture of the people.
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Whatever you believe with emotion becomes reality. You always act in a manner consistent with your innermost beliefs and convictions.
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We complain today that ministers do not know how to preach; but is it not equally true that our congregations do not know how to hear?
